The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-23
DEWS FROM DUE west.
LIFE AND ANIMATION IN AND AROUND
THE CLASSIC TOWN.
Personal Paragraphs and Pencil
Points of All Sorts.

| Points of All Sorts.
DUE WEST, March 2l, 1887.
Ice in abundance several mornings last
Mr. John II. Allen, of Brewerton, spent part
of Saturday and Sunday in town.
Mrs. Ann Brock and Mr.. !; Il. Brock, o!
Honea Path, were at Mr.. w. c. Brooks last
The Literary Club will meet Friday evening
of this week at Mr.. II. S. Galoway's.
! Mr. John 4. johnson, Of Washington, has
accepted the invitation to deliver the medals
| in the Euphemian Society at commencement.
Miss Clara Sharp spent Saturday and sun
Messrs. sam Cason and Sam Seal, Of Abbe-
Vile, were in town yesterday.
| Mr.. DencI, of Columbia, was in town last
week tuning pianos.
Mr. J. P. Knox, OF Erskinc, has been called
home to sec sister who Is Ill.
Mr.. L. p. Bruce, Of Townrille. was here last
week in the interest of the atlanta ConSttttt-
| ton. >,
The base ball fever has struck Donalds. 1t
| is not probable that our club will organize
Mrs. j. b. Bonner is visiting her sister in
WILLIAMSON. Little Josie went up last week
with her aunt.
Real estate is on boom here. Nine thou
sand square feet sold for S2.5 recently.
| The little boys are killing the birds. Some
think the birds ought to be spared. The Eng
Rev. j. S. Murray spent Saturday night with
Mr.. VIM. Alewinc, and preached at Little Riv'
er yesterday; IT..
family last week. He Is Off on the road again.
One OF the young theologs will preach at
Union Academy next Sabbath, and one at
Concord church in Anderson county. ,,,..
Mr.. Payson brennan and his sister, MISS
Macie, of Abbeville, were at the entertain
ment They stopped with their sister, MIS-. a.
Capt. r. Ii. Armstrong and family have
gone TO Tennessee to live. The Captain has
many friends here who will be pleased to hear
of him in his new home.
The peach crop has been almost totally de-
MI. W. c: Brock spent day last week at
Messrs. Harvey L. Clinkscales and Tully G..
Ellis have the prettiest wheat within Two
miles of Due West.
Several OF the handsome Due Westers have
concluded TO take in the international Drill
at Washington in May.
Mr.. Arch ID. Kennedy has started cattle
ranch on Chickasaw.
The mercury took drop In our Fahrenheit
last week and wandered about below thirty
and seemed to enjoy that unSeaSonaDle latl-
Miss Elvira Rickets, who lived up on Little
River, died of pneumonia Thursday last,
1t seems pretty slow work with measles 10
been visited as many as three different times
within the past few weeks.
Two bales Of cotton were sold here last
week.
DR.. j. c. Maxwell, of Greenwood, was called
by wire 10 see Mr.. l.. NJ. Pratt last Thursday.
Mr.. Pratt suffers intensely from what was
once considered very slight wound. He is
improving slowly at this writing.
More than three hundred thousand dollars
are emptied every day into the treasury OF
the United States III excess Of Its disburse-
ments. Due Wes!ers can sit deep down In
their richly cushioned chairs and continue to
clip coupons with increased confidence.
Mrs. Margaret McAdams is lying very feeble
at her home on Little River. She Is upwards
of eighty years old and has been sick for sew
Mr. Wnn Allen has two sons in Greenville.
He has been OIL a visit to them recently.
Gen. Greedy, the new weather manager Mt
Washington, seems TO have side tracked us In
winter quarters. We are opposed TO this de-
lay and would like TO so on with the other
spring passengers.
Due West can boast Of some heavy (ayolr-
weigh one day last week. The weight of each
ended with four, and the total weight was
eight pounds less than four times two hum
dred.
One of our happy young fathers is SO fond Of
his heir that he carries one Of its stockings In
his pocket instead of handkerchief.
Messrs. E. w. Pressly and j. j. Lindsay
have successfully passed their examinations
in Baltimore and are now Doctors OF Medi-
cine This makes four of our young men who
have graduated in that profession this year.
They are expected home this week.
|. If there Is one thing more disagreeable than
another at our public entertainments, 1t is the
promi cuous habit of pretended applause ex-
pressed by a whistle or a kissing sound. II Is
not only grating to the ears of the audience.
but Is an insult to the managers We hope
never TO hear this again and we are sure that
those engaged in it do not know It's disgusting
significance.
Rev. DR.. Grer will go to Columbia this
week, where he will preach the anniversary
sermon before the Woman's Missionary Socl-
ETY. of Washington Street church, on Sunday,
the 9th instant The Advocate truly says,
'Dr. Gricr Is one of the ableSt preachers In the
State and Il rich intellectual and spiritual
feast awaits all who shall hear him on this oc-
caSion." The Doctor has also been Invited to
preach to the inmates of the penitentiary.
1t is said that one of the students of Ersline
walks up to the church every day just after
breakfast before dinner, after dinner and be-
fore supper. We suppose this exercise is for
his health, for when he reaches this favorite
resort he Is. SO exhausted that he has to re-
main there some time before he can gain
pitiful object as he sits aud complacently
gazcs at the Female College, as If counting the
brick in the wall. Loves young dream.
a precocious little five year old recently
walked into a busy fathers store for q crack
er. With a look Of patience and waiting up
After repeating 1t second time and louder,
the father, being engaged still, made no reply.
With an njured cOuntenance his chin fell up
on his bosom. and as he picked at the holes In
q well worn apron his pouting lips touchingly
murmured: "Papa's lika the rich man and
! I'm like the poor man, he won't give me moth
in-nO crumbs, not even a grain Of salt"
der, and it knocked the "rich man" out in one
round. The boy was given the liberty of the
store and feasted upon the best within reach.